The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-15 00:00:00

r ° NEY MARKET. AND °4I3I:ZRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 44 easi er feeli ng i s reported to -d ay i n di scoun t tipit 'i . and there is a moderate i nqu i ry , b u t more to t : 8 s toat and a grea t er inclination is evinced ki4i*tiltaiset business on t erms a f rac ti on below the l o ttr a of the Bank of England. 14iardaer sum of £ll,OOO in gold was taken into T he —. on Sat ur d ay. li t4r , a dvices rece i ved this morning from t h e mann . 11 41 e 11 1 district s report i n a very c h eer f u l m anner A tt condition of trade there during the past week. Ni f rlttif lrd and Huddersfield an i mprove d t one was 14 18 est aa in the cloth and woollen markets. At 4411,11180 there was a larger attendance of buyers ; golanchester the reduction in the rate of disco . un e r lit With a mere hopeful feeling regarding tp ertt nt al politics in connection with this country, Ilt tra t is ci very favourably for business, manufac• ttl N. 44 „Ving shown more disposition to accept 4,fa hardware trade in Birmingham and illtpte'd continued very active, and at Waiver. I k t i: 11 la rge orders w ere s till being completed for 11 ots „ 74 '1 1 . "log Brothers and Co. have received Nt il h,; (4l, on account of the Grenada dividend, if et custom -house o f S an Jose de Cacuta, £398. 1 11 14 48 1 ' Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in 4 4, 0 44 advise that they have received, for 55 per Nor: bthe import duti es for three weeks, front the li tto o C: u se of La Guayra, 40,548 dols. 23c.; and 114,1 . uo erto Cab e ll o , 32,298 dols. 83c.—waking 40:1 72 .847 d o l e . 6 c . M essrs . Baring Brothers ° N; ha ve also the pleasure to announce that the 414 -meet of Venezuela fully acknowledge as a S tie , 7s,° ° o dols. abstracted from the duties 1 6,1: 1 , ° the bondholders, to be repaid whenever Tpe - " t ial Position of the treasury will permit. 11 to, °lta great and increasing demand for South t 7th, has led to the formation of a company 4141 int tlt P u ee of purchasing and working coal 14186'3°41th Wales. The Parliamentary returns t1 l'o• u t , l , Bll aw that nearly one-fourth of the coal W 'ap frOm ports in South ales, and as the kt th" : ItB ar the mater i a l f rom Cardiff and New - L L Nii k i l lltt erlY inad equa t e to meet the necessary u ertain profitable return for any invest ▪ 8 040 at dire ct i on i s t h us secure d. The price t Wales coal has increased within the last I t 's l a li t til a from Bs. to lls. or 12s, per ton, and 61 14 1:1; cou pled with other favourable circum • Rt1 44 ". - av'e led to the formation of a company for A ttl k g the lease of some extensive seams of 1, i.httCuergEtVently, identical with, and forming 7 lu th e cli clf; those now in progress of working st Zee, placnarvon and other similar com k4ti:t is estimated that when in full i li Nc a at 3 00,000 tons will be raised by the new 10 11 : )U P° l l which, after the most careful calca iktli-pvefit of 20 per cent. will be realised. The I , h lt t24 squired is £200,000 in 8,000 shares I lhigh -Et a t , ll ' The directors are all gentlemen of at ' toti : d - - standi ng ate in the commercial world. INti i r cru hle portion of the capital of the City iit ed ; a , Club and Dining Hall Company ' l4B been subscribed_ for this day, and Mr. rook, Merchant, has joined the directors. 14' 1 the p Two O'CLOCK. i( ar is Bours e thi s morning, according to e tc 4s telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were T he 4 8e. etc Nth -. 'egli s h l l ~ Wee Stock Market opened this morning I thrrefised appearance , and the Funds are now 11 11;, a ti an Saturday. Were it not for the easy 11 6 1 41 6 °f 4 monetary affairs, and the unfavourable 8t( ti le '41 7 now and then circulated with regard :t kk.e°4tiaental war, securities at the Stock Ex , 1 14 t, beyond all doubt suffer to a greater ec 1 1°44 te rts 4s it is, the discount market acts as 1 , areise to the warlike rumours, and English ' o bi "t) after all, so greatly depreciated. , 1 , o .re now 9 "_ _ f i for money, and 91 8 for 8 l '4tlt ; e tt ulat. 2 1 , 4 , 8 NeW Threes and Reduced An- Z ii t De e r 9 ,9; 4 ut ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to as. die. ; a , Cents, are ‘ 4ll the 103 i 104 ; ditto Debentures, , Bonds par. B a nk Stock is marked _ 1p qtp„ i i ;‘ 4 , l -reign Market there is not much anima. a t tices are less firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., ?:; q t ;:,i; do. Consolides, 471 g; Mexican, 36; n' 66 i,p -4 ) 206 ; do. Coupons, 91 ; Spanish b hf a2z s - ed ?I ; do. Certificates, 13-1 ; and the tne:"Ette l oan ,49 51. ~j r Yli tt i te N ti l ll the Railway Share Market has been l A tht ly • and prices have, in some instarces, p, Riv en ` 4 lll t Way. Metropolitan, Great Western, 411 e and Yorkshire, and Great Northern A i, t ) Os, NI Pere . )1 11 titp; I n and Colonial lines exhibit no mate .4on. 1 111 4 4t, a a l ti ci A lise . ellaneou s shares are in rather more 1, ' 1 ; e xhtbit aslightimprovement asregards - upt ""lan Financial Association are quoted pratu. i C iq tit ' qltli IT ISR i tiitt,t4t./ttThr p F UNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. k k 't ket q e°(1801 8 11"8* lir ellt aot 90k I 1 4, , a b , . R ed ' March 5 9l I ' 4 .41 4 ' 0 aced S t o ke, aa t ut. .. 90k J 1 1 Irib„ for 2 ,.; rs, .• . Les. .. ... • .... . 90h i 1 kV" (k yrs; expire 6 th Jan., 1880 — pp d ti at it.Be,t, expire ' .sth April, 1885. qt t t ,', , ': ill ; 41 Telegraph), Aug 1908 t ,t o , 2/ & 3 per Cent: 3 8 is 1 14 1 t i?ti 1i4 t1444.„.1 £lOO dis 1 4 Lk/i ~.,- ,S tk at and £200 biOtetk`4ol,,, ''2 per ct 1 ~, 11i,4 Ak,lo-UmENT *) last il--yr. 238 Irto 6 co unt. Cent., SECURITIES. ltt,,, , p e , ~,t .... April 1874 — pt, Zee e . a ent, i n ' i • •• 4 — Ol e t Per e t• .... Y, 1870 O t to 8 14 11 P, Oct. 1888 — bittt° b ee r tlttal'er, 4 per Cent sz, b 4: ee ~ J an. , ..,,.,.. b . I) itt Iltur4t*, May, l°i z .. ,!t to , ea , , 1879 ........ -- I.), a _ Il ona _ di „ - • por Ct., April 1864 'u t , llll( ler ' f.l ,o()( j ° Aug., 1866 981 , ti . iilt , o ft ,-• L,OOO - t.ttea JIGN 1 , par 4 40 ) . 18 39 e r e eat . FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. A. 'i per 1859' ........ • _ ytto Ditto 'eat - .0 4 ,, s , 18 02-58-60 4 10 t rtN e P• 1863 „ 1863 tl t tit. 417 '''' Co n ' '''-' 5 paid .. Si t° R Per ''' ) linat b., Se Cent ed, 1 per Cent — etl, l'er 6 4 I ssue litt o Ace tilt , . — t i l , tl itt. 'kat '' ' 82 4-5 ex c , A Ilpot '•••••..... .' --- oupons . . 111tkli`cuoina 8 .... , a t N..defer 541c1a1.......... t itt l ot alp .t .... • ..-.. , , E!,404:t.1al 5 ;,..... . %•• 5•...• . • . . . • 37 6E 7k f(Neper• _,.....--.. Cent •—• 14,,N4 terr,tdent.. ** • • 29 i 111.(° 4 4i Po ..... tki ~ eta. _ r c ent ' • • • ..11),,,,,4t ... , -,,, t . ..• • t Nti I ,:ut , 44, 4 A N ee 3 o p r e t-l i , t ' •.. 1862 85 ktkAtily,a per'l,„nt, C e nt., 1853 Aue •-• • ...... L. V t eoil 11 " , 1866 ;.. , kt, 6 pe _ilt . ,7, 9, '6O, 62,'3 47i Di bil l per Cent 1850 ' - klt OP —6tr C e 1860 • _ t'lllikp:r e ut,, 1 859 . p i ° 4 Per C e nt B62 ........ 89i kll teo 1, 1 4, 5 a t , nut ) 41 4 kto et n (-: ant :t INT ew ° nt .......... ,„ An_ D e f ......... t ! oi t , p ',o n ," erred t, atr t u,i _ t .... — . h,ii i kt e ,, o yt,' O e 1 1ut .......... , _ \tilittt•;:ittil„).,/14c.Zanft. C.0..... not funded .. 73a I Li t t to ' l t: ' , Cent .. - oi t toB kea-ent, 1854 t i tq Per c ut. . 90i tt,k,, cot 1S ... ..... 01, , ti;',,nt .. ' - ' 5B 1; 4, 1 4 Ppr y Bond;' . bi l to 4 0,, ) ent. 1 8 ..... — Oth:te lo, , ,j' l b rit N't 6Po "tude 04 'ua r C ant • . 68.4 8 i ltLqk , • 1863 I,.•kii k 4 4 11 1 4 5 eee p e t t ed, per Cent tt e ant . ... vktoellceri:, ................... . 2 - 41 4 k t) ,ltt, !vie e ,Ut s ..... .... 14t1 , :18 1 , 11 6e 15 a e t r e 4 :0 1 , 11 ° 1 1 . 1 e tt.L er e. ... a.bo. v . e . e p . a . y . a . b . l . e . in s L G o l nd 73 / 4 LA \Per 6 4 t p er ficates ), J , i t eta ., 18 ent., E x. 25f It, I\l o 61 , Ex. 25 franc ' s — 66a 14 „.........i. ....... ... :I' . TWO O'CLOCK :22: e3 ' . in t t .......... ............ kp t l t t liet I°l Cotton Market—This Day, ji 1 1; 4'1 Bte alY. Stil i s about 5,000 bales -13(418 ' 994 ; re pvously, 405 bales. dr'''' I. t he 0 r t teo 8 'i.:oo ca I of 00 0° of gs: ° e t II I. 0 ) 3° ss• of ti p) tlJ°„ g if; this he 1g v h , 13 . 14 v too , ev - eo ,, 5: dor- P , ;0 0- , ,01 1 " e l° b ic› ..dp o ``' o' I °o ° td to etl ° ii o d il er Bl o ff , te- Vo ive 3 o 0 0 of ftio r tio , t oop ro ofe c eor,, Lo a d ; 01 .03 i• 1 0 t, , 0 10 7e 0 .0 0 0, 3 f 1 3, , tie d ' it. A e ° c t a V uo ol ite pc+' SHARE MARKETS,---This day, closing Share' ail ways. Paid.. price. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOh.S. .14. i Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. :5 Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sluat.,andMid.tJo it Bristol and Exeter it Caledonian i 0 Coelt and Bandon tO Cornwall A -ets no diN 10 Do A 10 Do. B ti 11 (ip e.p an. lia; , been paid to B. 50 Dublin t Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. st Edinburgh & Glasgow. st Glasg. and S. Western. st Great Eastern, Ord. stii st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st st GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern...... • • t Do A stock t Do El do ,t Gt. S. an iW. of Irelan , it Great Western ...... • • it Do Str Val gua. stock it Lancashire & Yorkshirt. it London and Blackwal. it Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast it Lon., Chat., and Dover it Lon. & Nor' h Western it Lon. & Sty,th Western it Man., Shef., & Lincoln. .0 Maryport and Carlisle. t2i Do 4 shares... ;t Metropolitan et Midland .4.0 Do New . st Do Birthing. & Derby 50 slid. lit. W. of Ireland 25 __Do. shares :6 Mid Kent 0 Do Cray Line 3t North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee it ,Nth. Eastern—Berwici. 26 Do, G.N.E. purchas , at Do Lecds at Do York st Do Carlisle.. ..... st North London 10 j Do New 15.4, North Staffordshire lu N. and S. W. Junction at 'Scottish Central at Scot IN. K, Aber. stool, at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo, at 'Shropshire Union st :South Devon South Eastern st !South Wales st York. and River Dun 20 staines,Wok.,andWok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 I Do 25 Do New, 1806 st Taff Vale.... 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 ()later 25 Do 2.10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and st'Waterford & Kilkenny st !West Cornwall st W. Hartlepool liar. dzit. st West Midland -Oxford st Do Newport, , t Do Hereford BRITISEI P Etailways tiantio & P.t Lawreno J Hom.,Baroda.t.Cent Ind ' Gu. 5 per cent !O Do. New . -• • !O Do. E. Shares... .04 Buffalo and LaKe Huron 10 Do. Preference • • 10 J liulialo,Brant,/¢Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, IS7i )0 Do. do. July 1, 187;5 00 Do. do. Jude 1, 1b;-1 st Ciento...3LS. Eastn st Cape Town & Dock Scril ,ock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. eck East Indian. gu. 5 p. a. 20 Do. Go. G Ext..... 20 Do. do. H do. .. ock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. Cu Pre!. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. ueferred...... 00 Do. 3d ef. stock ... 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock... 00 Do. do. deferred....., ook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. a... 20 Do. January, 1862 ook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharee. 204 Do. New .• . •• • 00 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 00 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... 10 Indian Branch Limited ock Madras guar., S P. 0. •• oak D 0.4 p. 0. Extension ;ook De, 14 d 0........ 20 Do. Fifth Extension. ,ock lelb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bndt,. 50 Helb. & Hobson's Bay. 100 Do. 7 p.O. Hortg. Bds. 20 Newßr un.swickzt Cands Class A and B. N. itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds Mock Scinde • • -- • • 1 tock Do. Delhi I gi Zu Do. do t Do. Punjaub Do. Do. -- , g i g `ook Do. Indus. St. FIo.J Business dons 104 31 1031 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.e.J - 1877-Si ... 100 101 103 I Do. 6 P.C. Feb. & Aug. 100 99 iOl Do. .1 p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 I Do. Ip. C. Jan.&duly. 10C 89 ?1 895 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 :cape O.Llope, 6p 0,1873 100 105 107 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 189 c 100 109 111 Do, .lan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 209 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8p c 100 109 111 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 105 107 ,Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 1 00 107 109 p.o.Ja.&July 100 101 103 ! Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. V. G ov. 5 p 0., 186 t 100 99 100 - Do. sp. c.,18,t to I•_;ii 100 99 101 100 994 • I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 994 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling„ 1875. lOO 103 105 I Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - .S.Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. 100 108 110 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. to Arm,. A.o.stOst.. 100 109 110 1104 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 6 id chtlord Amalgamated.. 38 19 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 75 1 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. 52. scl par East Caradon ...........2.14.6 274 284 East Carn 8rea........ 3.4.0 7 74 - t.V't Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 'si - iGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.. 582 tO 11 ;Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 44 Wheal Vor (Heston, 40 18 19 IGrenville tier:Ws-Foot 8.12 65 37 iiingston Downs 4.;8.0 5 54 I Lady Bertha Margaret (I.Jny Lelant ilk 17 19 I Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim., 2A 11 1 d New Setun ll 80 90 • North Downs .44 14 24 -- NAV lei Baseetallo4an 3.1.0 2 25 North Wheal Crotty Var Cons& s (St. Blaney; - Vrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caxadon(St.Cleer, 14 1 435 445 IS. Carn Brea (Illogan) — 1 Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 575 625 ,Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 ramarSilv.& Lead Min. 44 . Pin Croft 9 20 21 I VVest Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 —!W C: radon (Liskeard) 5 56 58 West Seton I Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 80. 85 Wheal Buller(Redruth), 10 43 46 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelunt)! 2.0.6 I WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnni,:den ) 8 134 144 Wheal Seton . 584 162 1674 W heal Tretawney (Lis.) 1 7 23 24 !NVheal Union 3.17 25 3 PREFERENCE SID Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf, RES AND STOCKS. 104} LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 90 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 14 171 Great Luxembourg . , 11.141 San Panto gua..7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20} South Austrian and FOREIGN rd Lombao Venetian, 201 MINES. Cape Copper, lim., n 8 Don Pedro, Nor,h Lel Rey, I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (11m.),125 Alliance Bank of Lou ..on and Liverpool (ltm.)w 461 Ditto, new, 31 21 Anglo Austrian, 6 Australasia, Ditto, new, 461 Bank of Egypt, 25i Chartered Wank of India, Australia, and China, 45 6 5i Ditto, new, issued at £lO pm, 28} Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 1 Hindustan, uhina, and Japan (Um.), 30 Imperial Bank (Rm.), 26 Imperial Ottoman, 18 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 49 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26} London and Northern aim.), 14k London and South American. lira., 10 Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (lim.), 24} Sciude, Punjaub, and Delhi, Union of London, 43 1 21 MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Rm., 41 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Um., Ok Hudson's Bay 17 1 International Financial Society, 12} 12 Joint .stock Discount, liin., 61 f London Financial Association, lim., 23} 41 London Provincial Marine, 21 Mercantile Credit Association, 1im.,".8 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., ji Ocean Atarine (Insurance), 181 Rio dc Janeiro City Improvements,:27 Ditto, new,4k Royal Mail steam, 85.4} _ THE LATEST STYLE OF HOOP-SKIRTS, the self adjusting, double-back-action, bustle-etruscan, face-expan sion, Piccolomini-attachment, gossamer-indestructible, polocticomoram, is said to be a very charming thing DUBLIN IS PREPARING TO HOLD A SECOND Ex }mums next year ; the first, thanks to Mr. Dargan and his fellow-labourers, having been a great success. The present proposal is to hold a double show of the products of human skill ; on one side works of pure art, on the other works of industry. A STATUE OF THE EMPRESS EUGENIE is to be ere c t e d i n . the market - place of Puebla. Several proposals have been made as to the costume. The first plastic re. 1 presentation of the crinoline, however, seems to be the one Most favourably accepted. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. There was less activity in the demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and previous quotations were barely supported. For spring coin the trade was quiet, nevertheless, prices, generally speaking, ruled eta tionary. The inquiry for flour was by no means active, on farmer terms. _ _ _ On the Continent the amount of business done in cereals for exports is very moderate, and at New York the Eastern demand for wheat and flour has fallen oft. _ _ _ Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were but moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 10,800 quarters of wheat, 3,453 barley, 13,916 oats, 374 beans, 414 tares, 4,850 linseed, 550 oilseeds, 3,585 sacks and 1,479 barrels of flour. A very moderate supply of home-grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to this morning's market, and owing to the state of the weather the condition of the produce was un satisfactory. The trade was dull both for red and white qualities. Good and fine dry parcels barely supported last Monday's currency, but damp parcels could only ba dis posed of by submitting to a decline in prices from this day se'nsight of is per quarter. The market was moderately supplied with most descrip- tions of foreign wheat. In consequence of the recent reduction in the Bank rate of discount, holders were some what firmer; but millers operated to a very moderate ex tent, at the rates current on Monday last. . CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 308 to 428 Ditto, old 3BB 40s Ditto, white, 1863 428 48s Ditto, old 37s 46s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 408 Ditto, 18133 Talavera, ... 328 33s Rye— Barley—Grinding 26s 288 28s 30s Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 668 Chevalier 66s 688 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 22s 3s 2Gs Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 238 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2os 233 Beans—Tick 3os 32s Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2BB 308 Stockton and N0rf01k......—....-- 27s 29s American, per barrel l9B 25s B Si - Bi 84 E 6 1201 1211 6 7i 37 39 16 17 94 96 106 108 49 50 47 49 71 8i 128 i 1291 1 1341 1356 134 130 97 99 14} G 5 110} 1101 72 74 105 106 :39 41 1(81 1 69 1 102 Ic 3 52 03 1051 1061 1291 130} 1: IV , 28 100 62} 521 25 46 1021 1031 58 59 91} Dlt 125 130 16 2A 79 80 It 1I 123 126 43 45 98 100 63 64 E 3 E 4 941 esi 99 101 91 10} ;8 39 96 10i t , 7* 8 c [O5 170 sfr 6 I 3 *p' - -N 87 90 167 172 23 25 SSESSIONS. Closing Price. 59 102 IC3 p 6 P P ai Si 8 9 99 101 99 101 104 105 11.3 114 P ' P 19& 254 72 74 56 60 65 67 49 55 49 62 33 12 25 27 20 C 4 1024 103; z 102 103 91 91. Ilk 114 92 94 85 87 p itn. 103 in 96 93 92 96 58 60 3 5 82 84 101 103 101 103 if IP 101 103 97 99 Business done. 1101 i 11 101 106 5 I 130 Paid, 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 1 Du 100 THE StlN,‘ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1864. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Only a moderate supply of foreign stock was on offer in to-day's market, owing, in some measure, to the losses at sea last week—upwards of 700 sheep having been thrown overboard during the heavy gales. The demand, however, was very inactive at previous quotations. Notwithstanding that the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were only moderate, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, nevertheless, compared with Monday last, no quotable change took place in prices. The best Scots and crosses sold at ss. per 81bs, and the general quality of the supply was good. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,02,0 Scots, crosses, shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 600 various kinds; from Scotland, 322 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 90 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was limited, but the quality of the stock was good. Prime downs and halt-breeds were in fair request at full prices, viz., from 55 10d to 6s per 81bs in the wool. Heavy sheep were dull, and, in some instances, the quotations gave way 2d per 81bs. Shorn sheep were is per 8 lbs. beneath those in the wool. Lambs changed hands more freely at from 6s 8d to 7s 4d per 8 lbs. There was an increased demand supply on offer. The veal trade was in a sluggish state at the late decline in value; prices ranged from 4s to 55 per 81bs. In pigs very little was doing, on former terms. The supply was moderate. - • Per 81bs.to Si s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second qualitydo. 4 8 5 2 ink the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers..., 4 2 4 6 and quarter-old store pigs, Suckling calves, 20s to 28s 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ... . Cows Sheep .. 14,650 Calves 212 Pigs 420 The total imports of foreign stoca into London, last week, amounted to 5,173 head. in the corresponding week in 1863, we received 2,458—in 1862, 837—in 1861, 3,691 —in 1860, 1,953 —in 1859, 2,645 —in 1858, 495 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 760 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs ------- From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 308 .. 983 41, — OO 334 .. Harlingen .... 490 .. 9 -- Hamburg 63 Amsterdam.••• •• .• a• •• 80u10gne...," 7 Bremen .. Vigo - • • • • -- • • • • Nieu Diep .• • • -- • • • • • . • . -- Antwerp .. 17 .. 1 • • • • -- .. -- Ostend .. ... 91 .. 1237 .. .. 134 .. 60 Calais — • • --- • • • • --- • • --- Oporto —• • • --- • • -- • • • • --- Ciluckstadt - • • • • • • • • -- Total .... 1102 .. 3481 .. 477 .. 113 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863...... 550 ~ 1,497 .. .. 407 .. 4 1862 .. 475 .. 126 .. 236 .. 1861 BO3 .. 2,682 .. .. 206 .. 1860 1859 4BO .. 2,006 .. 159 .. 1858.. lBB .. 105 .. 202 .. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Feb. 16, 1803, and this day. Monday, Feb. 15, 1864. _ _ Per 81b. to sink the offal. Feb. 16, Feb. 15, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 6 3 Bto 4 0 Second quality do 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Soots, Btc 4 8 410 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do Prime coarse-woolled do 5 0 6 6 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 3lO 420 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 17, 1862.—Beasts, 3,960 — sheep, 15,410—calves, 89—pigs, 255. Fan. 18, 1861.—Beasts, 3,600 —sheep, 19,150—calves, 147—pigs, 340. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Somewhat increased supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, the trade rules heavy, and prices have, in some instances, declined. Per Sib. by the carcase. d a d Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 oda cl Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Primo do .. 4 6 4 8 Vaal Small pork ~ Lamb BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade, both for English and foreign hops. The supp yof home-grown produce on offer being small, and the imports from abroad but moderate, holders are firm,and previous quotations are well supported. The import, last week, amounted to 94 bales from Ostend —73 from Dunkirk-5 Rotterdam-87 Antwerp-5 Ham burg-249 Bremen—and 178 bales from New York. Mid and East Kents £6 Os to £9 10s per owt. Weald of Kents 6 15s to 7 5s „ Sussex 5 5s to 6 10s „ Bavarian 5 5s to 8 8s „ Belgian American BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of potatoes continue on sale at these markets, and the trade for all qualities rules heavy, at fully the late decline in currency. 155 sacks arrived from Boulogne last week. Yorkshire Regents sos to 75s per ton. Flukes Rooks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents sOs to 65s „ Rocks Kent and Essex Regents WOOL. The wool trade—both as regards home-grown and colo nial qualities--continues in a sluggish state, and last week's currency is barely supported. The arrivals of colanial pro duce since the close of last sales have been :—From New South Wales and Queensland, 9,s7B—Victoria, 2,597 — Tasmania, 396—South Australia, 7,296—New Zealand, 1,078 —Cape, 11,138. Total, 32,083 bales. SEEDS. Cloverseed is in moderate request, at full prices ; other wise the seed trade is quiet, at late rates. Cakes move off slowly, yet pries aro unaltered from last week. Turnip,White,p.bus 118 to 148 Swede —s -s Mustard, Brown lOB 13s White, 9s 118 Tares, Spring... As Od 4s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 52s 6ts Rye grass, new 228 24s Clover, R e d Eng., et. —s 8 White Foreignßed 448 50s White sos 64:3 Trefoil, new. Carraway ...... 22s 26s Coriander l2s 15s Hempseed, per qr 4os 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 718 Crushing Baltic —s —s Odessa -s -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los.£lo 5s Foreign £9los £lO 15s Rape Cakes,p ton.Es Os £6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 02s 05s TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady to-day, and P.Y.C. on the spot commands 40s 9d per cwt. Town tallow is quoted at 41s 6d per cwt., net cash. Rough fat, 2s 11d per Sibs. , Particulars. 1860. 1861 1862. 1863. 1864. -- — -- -- Stock this day.... 34.823 71.109 45.527 47.215 62.845 60s6a to 60s Od to 4653 d t 0,44601 to 40s 9d to Price of Y.C. .. —s Od —s Od —s Od —s d 00s Od Delivery lastweek 1,557 1,468 1,284 1,575 1,630 Ditto from June 1 64,721 63,434 95,157 62,412 55,076 Arrivals last week 181 572 t 75 65 Ditto from June 1 1 86,087 107,419 83.653 71,322 80,074 Price of Town .... 61s 9d 60s 3d 48s 6d 46s 6d 43s Od LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (.fittings at Nisi Prius, before Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V, HEANE-ALLEGED PERJURY. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Giffard, and Mr. Lewis appeared for Mr. Armytage, and Mr. M. Chambers for the defendant. From the opening of the learned sergeant, it appeared that his client, a son of Sir G. Armytage, a young gentleman of great promise and bravery, entered the Royal Navy previous to the outbreak of the Russian war, and during that memorable period he served with great distinc• tion at the storming of Sweaborg, at which place ho was severely wounded. He afterwards served in the attack on the Peiho Forts in China ; and on the return of his vessel to England, he passed his examination for lieutenant, and was afterwards appointed to the Malacca. When he joined the vessel the defendant, Mr. Heane, was one of the mid shipmen aboard the vessel. While the ship was at Spit head the defendant alleged that Mr. Armytage conducted himself in a highly improper manner, and after the expiry of eight months a charge was made against Mr. Armytage, not only that he had made improper proposals to Mr. Hoene, but also that he had been guilty of the saute gross conduct to two other gentlemen about the ship, named Delisle and Jackson. Mr, Armytage being indignant at the accusation, wrote to the captain of the Malacca a letter, demanding a court-martial, and one was held in Malta Harbour ; and after four days' investigation the decision of the court was that the charges made by Mr. Heane and Mr. Delisle had been proved, but, that made by Mr. Jack son had not been Mr. Armytage yatbagouetalblyeged perjury,th as he never,at the result of th e made trial out. been brought had during the whole course of his service on board ship, ever made the gross proposals to either of the officers, and the present proceedings were instituted as the only tribunal left open to Mr. Armytage to clear his name from the odium that had been thrown upon it. Mr. Armytage, examined by Mr. Giffard, said—l entered the navy in 1855. I was wounded at Sweaborg. I was also wounded while serving in the Cruiser in an attack upon the Peiho Forts. I came home when the ship re turned to England, and passed my examination for lieute nant. I was afterwards appointed to the Malacca, in which vessel I served until July 14, 1862. Mr. Heane was a midshipman on board the Malacca when I joined. He was a total stranger to me. I have had to reprimand him on points of duty. I reprimanded him two or three days bofore he brought the present charge against me. This must have been done on the 4th or sth, as the accusation was made on the 9th of May. He always appeared to be on the best of terms with rue. I recollect being officer on the watch at Spithoad on the Ist of October, 1861 . The vessel had been coaling that day. I should, in the ordinary course of my duty, be on the upper deck. It would be contrary to rule to sit down while so engaged. The watch lasted from Bto 12. The stern gratings were twelve yards from the sentry on the bridge. There was always a marine on duty on that part of the vessel on those occasions. He is to see that no irregularity takes place, and keep a good lookout for boats approaching. There was nothing to obstruct the view of the sentry but the mizenmast, and this would only do so while he was actually pas.ing. It is not true that on the Ist day of October I and Heane sat talk ing together on the stern gratings- Ido not ever remember to have sat with him on the stern gratings. I never com mitted the impropriety charged against me. Nothing of the kind ever took place between us. Nu act of indecency ever took place of the nature stated. Delisle is present in court. Cross-examined by Mr. M. Chambers—Mr. Heane was about sixteen years of age. I know Mr. Heane was in my watch about that time, but whether he kept the identical watch referred to on the lst of October I am not certian. The learned gentleman put a number of other questions t the witness, but the result was a distinct denial of the im imitations charged against him. Sergeant Ballantine—Did anything improper ever take place between you and Mr. Delisle Mr. Chambers objected. The matter was quite irrele vant to the matter the court was then investigating, viz., a charge o f perjury against Mr. Heane. The Court thought the question ought not to be an swered. Re-examination continued—l made every effort to dis cover the sentry on duty when the occurrence spoken to by Mr. Heane was said to have taken place, but I failed to do se. From the number of witnesses to be examined, it is not expected the case will conclude to-day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WATTS AND LONG.-JUDGMENT. These bankrupts were described as of Upper Thames street, shipping merchants, and his Honour now gave judgment on the question cf discharge in the case of Watts, Long having absconded with, it is supposed, a large portion of the assets of the firm. The accounts by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, showed a total indebtedness of about £15,000, and there was a deficiency of about £12,000. His Honour said that the trading of the bankrupts had been founded on the greatest frauds, for goods had been obtained from all sides, and immediately converted into ready money by sending it to places where parties ware ready to buy any kind of goods without asking or caring where they came from, or whether they had been paid for or not. These places ha had heard called slaughter houses. Thus Long had got rid of a great amount of property by these means during the short period they had carried on business ; the question, however, was how far the bankrupt Watts was implicated in these gross frauds, and it was urged on his behalf that his proper trade was that of a lithographer, and that he left the other business to Long, who also kept the books, and that he (Watts) was absent travelling for nine months out of twelve. It was possible that the bankrupt had not taken any active part in these gross frauds, but there was no doubt he was legally and civilly liable. His discharge wuuld be suspended for two and a half years, from the date of the petition, one year and nine months ago, but protection would be granted. Death in one of the Hampstead Ponds, On Saturday afternoon an investigation was held at the Duke of Hamilton Tavern, New-end, Hamp stead, by Dr. Lankester, the coroner for the western division of Middlesex, relative to the death of David Frank aged nine, th e son of a butcher, re Maldon-road, K en ti s h-town, Mr. Donald Nicholl , ex - member for Promo, local magis trate.siding li o i n 1 f t o h r e d , and resident at Oaklands-hall, Hampstead, stated that on Wednesday afternoon last he was proceeding up the hill near the Subprban Hotel, in the Vale of Health, when he heard a cry for help proceeding from the third Heath Pond. He went to the pond, and saw the heads of two boys moving up and down in the water, into wh i c h th e y had fallen through the ice while they were sliding- Several boys were on the bank of the pond shrieking for help. Ho and a man named Ransom plunged into the water with the view of saving the boys. Mr. Nicoll struck out to the deceased and succeeded in catching hold of his head, but, his cap coming off in his hand, the boy sank and came up under the ice. Mr. Nicoll, although he was out of his depth, kept swimming and breaking away the ice with his arms which were much bruised ; but the more he endea voured to reach him the more the boy drifted away, his head being visible through the ice., At length Mr. Nicoll, becoming exhausted, and in danger of being sucked under the ice, yield e d to the solicita tions of the bystanders, and abandoned the hope of saving the life of the unfortunate boy. Ran-, som, on the other band, succeeded (although himself nearly losing his life), assisted by Mr. Nicoll, in rescuing the other boy, the son of a physician, and pupil at Mr. Rae's academy, who recovered after being placed in a warm bath at the Suburban Hotel, under the attendance of Dr. Evans. The body of the deceased, although imme diate steps were taken, was not recovered until at least 20 minutes of immersion had expired, and then only by means of the iceboat. The numerous deaths which have occurred at these ponds (five in number) have, time after time, led to censures by the coroner's juries, and requisitions to the New River Company and also to the lord of the manor, but up to the present period no steps have been taken to fence off the ponds, or otherwise take such steps as would prevent the frequent loss of life. One suggestion that had been made was that one of the ponds should be . kept fur b at hi ng , an d the others fenced in. Mr. Nicholl offered that if the lord of the manor would consent to have that parti cular pond railed in, he, as the chairman of the Suburban Hotel Company; would have that portion facing the hotel railed in if the lord of the manor would complete the remainder. The jury returned a verdict of " ,Accidental death," accompanying it with a recommendation to Sir Thomas Wilson, the lord of the manor, to the effect that he would consent to Mr. Nicoll's offer, as preservation of life was of the utmost importance. The Coroner said he, with much pleasure, would for ward that recommendation to Sir Thomas Wilson, and the proceedings ter minated. MAZZINI ORDERED FOR TRIAL IN PARIS.— Mazzini is ordered for trial before a French assize court. An indictment has been framed against hi m as an accom plice of the four Italians, Greco, Imperatori, Trabucco, and Saglio, in a plot against the Emperor's life, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CLANDESTINE VISITOR. —James White, a stableman, was charged with being found in the house of Mr. Raphael Brandon, architect, 65, Regent-street, fc.a . an unlawful purpose. Mr. Brandon said that, in consequence of information he received, he went last night into the bedroom of one of his servants, and notwithstanding her denial that she had any person there, found the defendant under the bed. He then sent for a constable and gave him in charge, the young woman stating that he had no right to dc so. Sergeant Howe, 21 C, proved finding the defendant under the bed. Defendant said it was . quite true he was there. The young woman stepped forward and, crying, said it was all her fault, as she had invited the young man to the house. Sergeant Howe said the defendant had given a correct add reas. Mr. Tyrwhitt said Mr. Brandon was perfectly right in giving the defendant into custody - . If not, housekeepers would be exposed to the risk of all sorts of persons being admitted to their houses. As the defendant had given a correct address, he would take his own recognisance not to go to the house again. The required recognisance being entered into, the defen dant was discharged. A CHILD-THIEF.—A MOTHER PROSECUTING HER DAUGHTER.—Anne Maria Stevens, eight years of age, re siding with her parents at 33, Fitzroy-market, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with robbing her father of half-a crown. On the mother, a respectable-looking woman, getting into the witness box, and being asked by the Chief Clerk whe ther she wished to prosecute her own child, she said she did, as it was not the first time she had been guilty of robbery. On being sworn the mother said that on the previous afternoon she missed from a little box a half-crown, and on asking her daughter (the prisoner) where it was, she denied, all knowledge of it. Subsequently, however, it was ascer tained that the child had changed it at a sweetmeat shop. She was then given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt said if it had been the first offence he doubted whether her parents would have prosecuted. The mother said that only a fortnight ago the child sold a bundle of linen worth £1 58 to a rag shop keeper. _ _ _ Mr. Tyrwitt said he would have the child detained that he might consider what could be done, but it was understood that she was to be given up to her mother at the close of the day. THAMES. Mr. Paget, the Magistrate recently appointed to succeed Mr. Woolrych, was en the bench precisely at 10 o'clock this morning, and commenced the hearing of applications for summonses, warrants, and advice. These applications were so numerous that it was 15 minutes past 11 before he could proceed with the regular business—the night charges, 40 in number. It is customary at this court to hear the drunken charges first, but a special request was trade to hear the following case in consequence of the constable engaged in it being required in another case at Woolwich, Maria Burchhardt, or Buchardt, a married woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with pot stealing. George Brooks, barman to Mr. Sands, landlord of the Roebuck, Cannon-street, St. George-in-the-East, stated that the prisoner came into the house and called for a pint of porter. After drinking it she called for another pint of porter, but did not return the first pot. After she had drunk the second pint of porter she left the house, taking with her the first pint, which she concealed under her shawl. He went after her and gave her into custody. Turner, a police• constable, No. 104 H, stated that the prisoner asked him to be lenient with her, as she had a hus•• band out of work, and 12 children to maintain. He knew the prisoner to be an abandoned character, who was not in distress, but received 10s. per week from her husband, from whom she had been long separated. The husband and daughter of the prisoner were called. They appeared to be very respectable persons, and in great distress of mind at seeing the disgraceful position of the prisoner. The prisoner said she had only one question to put to her daughter. It was this—N3w, my dear, do you think I would steal a pint pot Mr. Paget—l really cannot allow such a question as that to be answered. The prisoner then said she would leave the ease in the hands of the magistrate, and pleaded guilty. _ _ . . _ After a long investigation, Mr. Paget sentenced the pri soner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. WESTMINSTER. Gnoss MISCONDUCT OF A PAUPER..—Thomas Liley, a pauper in St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea, was charged with the following gross misconduct: — Mr. Sutton, the master of the workhouse, said that the defendant and some others who were employed at the stone yard refused to come into the house when they had done their work last Saturday evening, whereupon he gave orders that when they did make their appearance they should have dry bread. Defendant and the other men did not come in till ball-past eleven, and then were beastly drunk, Yes terday morning ho wanted to go out to chapel, he being a Catholic, but he was refused in consequence of his miscon duct of the previous night- He then demanded to see com plainant, and on coming to his appartments, shooted his fist in his face, and applied the most filthy language to him. Ho also threatened him and violently assaulted another pauper. Defendant—l'm a Catholic, and wanted .to go to my place of divine worship, and I thought I'd a right to go. Mr. Sutton—l don't think he had recovered the effects of his intoxication at the time he wanted to go to chapel; he was so beastly drunk on the previous night. John Parsloe, another pauper, said that defendant came to him yesterday morning, and declaring that he was the cause of his being kept in doors, beat and knocked him about the face and head. Defendant--Yes, I don't deny that. This fellow, when we had done work on Saturday, said, " Let us stop out a bit," and then was the very first to go in himself and get the rest of us into a row. What the master says against me is not true. A witness was called who proved it was, and that de fendant was a very violent fellow. Mr. Selfe said his ccnduct had been very bad, and com• mitted him for two months to the House of Correction. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) Special letters of administration, with the wi and codicil annexed, of the late Most Noble William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton-Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, of Hamilton Palace, Lanark, Scotland, were granted by her Majesty's Court of Probate to her Serene Highness Marie Amalie Elisabeth Caroline, Grand Ducal Princess of Baden, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, the relict, and one of the surviving cura tors appointed in the will to the present Duke of Hamilton and Brandon (a minor), the eldest son and residuary legatee nominated in the will, there being no executor appointed, the Earl of Selkirk and the Doke of Somerset, the other curators, having renounced the grant. The testamentary documents are in the Scotch form, and indorsed "Deed of no mination of tutors and curators, and of prevision to younger children," bearing date 1852, with a codi cil, 1861 ; and were registered in Edinburgh, July 25, 1863, shortly after the decease of his lordship, which event neeurrod in Pario. Tlic pu►auualty' iu England was sworn under £140,000. To the eldest son is bequeathed all the property not disposed of by will; and to his younger son, Lord Charles Hamilton, a legacy of £100,000; and to his daughter, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas Hamilton, £60,000. The will of the Rev. Henry John Mattby, Canon of the Cathedral Church of Durham, Rector of Eaglescliffe, was proved in the London Court by the executor©, Arthur Bigge, Esq., of Mitre-coart buildings, London; James Henry H. Atkinson, Esq., of Angerton, Northumberland ; and Archer Thomas Upton, Esq., of Austinfriars. The person alty was sworn under £40,000. The testator was inducted to the living of Eaglescliffe in 1843 (the income returned at £1,049) ; and to the canonry of Durham in 1852 (annual value £1,000). The will bears date June, 1852 ; and two codicils, 180 and 1861. To his wife is secured an annuity of £l,OOO. Liberal provision is made for all his children, and they are appointed residuary legatees, except the son who may be in the enjoyment of the Angerton estate. He has left legacies to his servants. The will of George Hitchcock, Esq., of St. Paul's Churchyard, silkmercer, and of Norfolk-crescent, Hyde. park, was proved in London on the 26th ult., by the relict, the sole acting acting executrix, the other executors, Wm. Morley, Esq., of Gutter-lane, and Peter Gonner, Esq., of New Bond-street, having renounced. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. The will is dated March 26, 1863, and the testator died the following September. To his relict he has bequeathed a life interest in £20,000, with tes tamentary disposition over a portion thereof, and a life interest in the residue of his personal estate, making a pro vision for all his children, who share amongst them the re • sidue. To the Young Men's Christian Association, Alders gate-street, he leaves a legacy of £2OO. SCHELDT TOLL.—The share to be paid by Great Britain for the abolition of the Scheldt toll has been fixed at 8,782,32 0 francs. Half this sum is to be paid on the Ist of April, 1864, and the other 'Alf on the let of April, 1855. AL, The Suez Canal banquet took place last week at the Exhibition Palace in the Champs Elysees, Prince Napoleon presiding. At the end of the room there was a large panoramic painting of the isth mus. Covers were laid for 1,500. M. Millescamps proposed a toast to the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial, which was drunk with loud acclamations. The Prince, in a speech which was loudly applauded, gave an historical sketch of the undertaking, pointed out its grandeur and utility, and paid a just tribute of praise to all those who had taken part in it. The Prince explained what he conceived to be the attitude assumed by Great Britain in the ques tion. He eid not confound the Government with the nation ; he esteemed the English people, be cause they had a love for great things ; he admired them because they had noble aspirations,.and they loved liberty; but the people had not a Govern ment worthy of them. Eighty years were a heavy burden on the heads of noble lords as well as on those of simple mortals. The canal had therefore nothiug to fear from the English nation. Would it have anything to dread from a warlike veto from the British Cabinet ? Such a question could not be serious ; and how, in fact, could any one imagine that Earl Russell and Lord Palmerston could make war for a canal from which England would derive the greatest advantage, when they refused to give a soldier or expend a shilling for the most noble, the greatest, and the most generous causes—for Italy and for Poland ? The company, strong in its right, must therefore persevere. That right had been, it was true, disputed, but could it be really attacked, either as regarded the lands conceded, the fresh water canal, or the number of workmen which the Egyptian Government had engaged to furnish. He treated as they deserved the calumnies directed against the company on the subject of forced labour—a bad institution certainly, but one which was made use of as an element inherent in the country, but nevertheless rendered milder in proportions unknown in Egypt. Did that mean that the company ought to reject all conciliation ? Certainly not. He would, on the contrary, recom mend an amicable arrangement with the Viceroy, taking as basis the principle of a sufficiently remu nerative indemnity. The work cost so much with the fellabs, it would cost more with free labourers and machines ; let Egypt pay the difference. As to the lands conceded, the company held them on a rouble title—first, by contract, and afterwards in virtue of the Egyptian law, which accorded the pos session of the soil to him who was able to irrigate it. Those lands, now barren, would hereafter become a source of wealth, thanks to the fresh water canal. To cede them to the Viceroy according to a simple estimate of their present value would be a pure loss to the shareholders; but their future worth could not at present be the object of any serious appre ciation. The plan of proceeding must therefore be one of succcessive repurchase—that is to say, by portions as they should have been improved by ad vantageous irrigations. It was thus that all inte rests would be reconciled. M. de Lesseps afterwards addressed the com pany present, and explained the results which had been obtained and those to be expected. He thanked Prince Napoleon for the interest he has taken in the work, and the shareholders for their indefatigable co-operation. Proenreur-Gen. Dupin briefly demonstrated the importance of the junction of the two seas, and, expressing hie confidence in the future success of the undertaking, named it the Canal of Good Hope. THE DANISH FRIGATE NILS JIIEL. PLYMOUTH, Sunday, 8 p.m. The Danish frigate which arrived this afternoon is the Nils Juel, 46, Captain Gotlieb, 14 days from Copenhagen and eight from Norway. The Prussian bark which she captured off Lowestoft last Tuesday was bound from Memel, with timber, for London. Her second mate, two able seamen, and the boy are on board the frigate. Her master, who is part owner, and six men are sent to Copenhagen in the bark, which is in charge of a naval officer and eight men. _ _ Several Prussian vessels with the National Jack hoisted, looking for pilots, could have been captured by the frigate off the East coast. Captain Gotlieb has orders to take ships belong. ing to Prussia, Austria, Bremen, Lubeck, and Hanover. _The frigate appears to have been fitted in great haste. Several of the crew are landsmen. Some of her copper has been scraped off on a sandbank, and it is probable that she will have to be docked for two or three days. _ The only Austrian merchant vessels now in port are the brig Milost, Captain Radonicich, from the Mediterranean, with 2,oooqrs. of grain for Antwerp, and the brig Budua, Captain Marrassi, 245 tons, which has just discharged timber, and is now bound for Cardiff, to load coal for a foreign port. Notwithstanding the high rates of freight, the masters of Norwegian merchant ships in this har bour decline chartering for belligerent ports, not knowing how long the present neutrality may con tinue. A French gunboat arrived this afternoon to watch the proceedings of the French fishing boats, several of which are here. PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10 a.m. The French gunboat, which arrived here last evening, is the Cuv:er, last from Dartmouth. The Prussian barque, captured last Tuesday, is the Trerie, Captain Bugish, of and from Memel, with 580 loads of timber, consigned to Mr. Hoff mann, London. Her second mate and four hands went sent ashore this morning from the Danish frigate, and are now in the Sailors' Home here. THE CONTINENTAL WAR. AMSTERDAM, Jan. I.—The result of the Danish embargo on German vessels has been laying under embargo at Copenhagen of the Prussian ships Schnell Post Vollmond, Louise Witt, and Louise Auguste. At Elsinoref the Prus sian ships Marie, from Sunderland to Swinemunde, Vor waerts, from St. Übe's, and the Lubeck ship Frederich Overbech, frem Fayport for Lubeck, as well as the Mary Noach Lolinga, from St. Petersburg for Hull, lying at Elsinore under average, and the Lubeck ship Elwine, from Riga for Antwerp, and at Frederickshaven the Hano verian ship Geskea. Against this, on the other hand,'the Prussian Government has laid embargo at Wolgast on the Danish schooner Courier; at Colberg, on a ship, name un known (both ships belonging to the Danes) ; and at Rugen wg.iaerr..e.na.... tho Enizhden. Danish koff- CormsatAGEN, Feb B.—The following are given as the names of vessels laid under embargo :—At Hals, the Anna, Marguerette, of Hamburg, from Stettin for Aalborg ; and at Frederickshaven, the Ellen Susan, of Varel; and the Maria Theresa, of Emden. RENDSBURG, Feb. 9.—The schooner Aurora, from Hol lenau for Colberg, has put in here, having been chased and overhauled by several Danish men-of-war between Darso rort and Dombusob, on the Prussian coast, on Feb. 4, who forbade her entry into a Prussian port and ordered her re _ turn to the port whence she sailed. HAMBURG, Feb. 11.—Advices from Elsinore of Feb. 7 state that the following vessels were laid under embargo there :—The Marie Elizabeth, of Ileligenhafen, from Burnt island for Landscrona ; and the Mathilde, from the north, which had been sent to Copenhagen. The remain ing German ships lying there had also been sent to Copen hagen. MR. W. F. WINDHAM.—It appears by an official notice issued by Mr. Hancock, Sharp, and Hales, of 20, Tokenhouse-yard, and Messrs. Roche and Geyer, of 33, Old Jewry, that, by an indenture dated February 8, 1861, Mr. Windham, "late of Felbrigg, in the county of Norfolk, but now of 3A, Upper Westbourne terrace, in the parish of Paddington, In the county of Middlesex," did, " for the valuable consideration in the same indenture mentioned, sell, convey, and absolutely dispose of all his real estate whatsoever and wheresover, and also all the personal estate in the said indenture parti cularly set forth." This is the second indenture which Mr. Windham has executed with reference to his affairs during the last three months. He is still only about 25 years of age. He has resumed the coaching business between Norwich and Cromer, under th• style and title of " Windham and Breeze," having taken a partner. A HOUSE IN PICCADILLY WORTH A GOOD- S/ ZED ESTATE•—The other day Messrs. Mansell and Elliott sold by auction the mansion, 143, Piccadilly, the residence of the late James Haughton Langston, M.P., including the stabling in Hamilton-mews, as held by a lease from the Crown, for an unexpired term of 421 years from the sth inst., for the sum of £21,500. MR. SIMS REEVES is about to proceßd to Vienna in the next winter, and thence to undertake a " Fofessional tom" through Germany. BRIGHTON Tlais Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIK.) Mr. Dumas retired at 10 15, in the hopes that the Liberal cause might yet triumph. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Moore .... 1,032 Fancitt Goldsmidt . . . Dumas Harper 43 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY. Spculation was flat this day at our Subscription Rooms, and not a bet as laid on the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, City and Suburban, or Chester Cup.—For the Great Northamptonshire Stakes Gardener and Wingravo were each inquired after, and the first-named was supported to win a law hundreds, at 16 to I.—There was no change beyonl the nomination of 11r. Jones being backed freely at 33 to 1, in connection with the Waterloo Cup, Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 13 to 1 agst Wee Nell (offered) 100 to 7 agst Bantam (taken) 20 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Martha (wanted) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES, 10 to 1 agst Blithefield (offered) 16 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wingrave (takenand offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to lon the field (offered) _ CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STASES, 11 to 2on the field (offered 14 to 16 to 30 to 33 to THE DERBY. 10 to lon the field (offered) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) cur. 1 agst Mr H. Haywood's nomination (offered) 1 agst Mr Lloyd's nomination (taken and wanted) 1 agst Mr Bland's nomination (taken) 1. agst Mr Jones's nomination (taken freely) CICERO'S LETTERS. It is a rich mine of information, and furnishes the best materials, not only for his own biography, but a great part of the history of the time. Nowhere else do we find such a vivid picture of contemporary events. We seem to be pre sent at the shifting scenes of the drama, as the plot unfolds itself which involves the destinies of Rome. We hear the groans of the expiring Republic, which has been mortally wounded during the long civil wars of Marius and Sylla, and was fast sinking under the flood of social and political corruption which is sure to follow in the train of civil was. At one time they watch with eager impatience the arrival of a courier-at Tuseulum, with. a letter from Atticud telling his friends the news of; the, day, and in Cicero's reply we read all the fluctuations of hope and fear which, agitated him during the, momentous crisis of his country's fate At another we contemplate the great orator and statesman in the seclusion ofhis villa, as plai‘n country gentleman, busying himself with improve ments on his estate, building farm-houses, laying out and planting shrubberies, and turning watercourses, or amusing himself with pictures and statues,, and. the various objects which interest a man of refined and cultivated taste. At another we find him at Rome sick, weary, and disgusted with the din of strife, mistrusting everybody where no one seems worthy of trust, and harping ever on the vanity and ambition and the worthlessness of popular applause. We see him at one moment exalted to the summit of human glory when saluted in the Senate by the proud title of Pater Petrie, and at another sunk in the lowest depths, of despair when he is a wandering fugitive exile from Rome, and tells his wife that while he writes he is blinded by his tears. • There is a charm itt these letters to which we have nothing comparable in all that antiquity has spared us. To say no thing of their exquisite Latinity, and not unfrequently their play of wit, they have,a freshness and reality which no nar rative of bygone events can ever hope to attain. We see in them Cicero as he was. We behold him in his strength and in his weakness—the bold advocate, and yet timid vacillating statesman—the fond husband—the affectionate father—the kind master—the warre.-hearted friend. I speak not now of his political correspondence, written with an object in view, and with a consciousness that it might one day be made public, but his private letters to his relatives and friends, in which he poured out the whole secret of his soul, and laid. bare his innermost thoughts, yearning for sympathy and clinging for support. To quote the words of De Quincy—. "In them we come suddenly into deep lulls of angry pas.. sion—here upon a scheme for the extension of literature by a domestic history, or by a comparison of Greek with Rot man jurisprudence ; there again upon some ancient problera from the quiet fields of philosophy." They show that he was a man of genial soul, and of a meet kind and amiable disposition—what Dr. Johnson would have called a the. roughly " clubable" person. He is never more at home than whenindulging in a little pleasant banter and irony, as when he makes fun of Trebatius the lawyer, who had left the stmts. sphere of the courts, to turn soldier and serve under Caesar in Gaul. Bat he is always the scholar and the gentleman; and no one had more of that refined polish which the Ro mans described by the expressive word urbanitus. Ido not think that in the whole of his correspondence a single coarse word or vulgar idea occurs. It is not so in his speeches. There he often indulged in language which is, according to modern notions, offensive to good taste and decency, ag when he attacked Piso and Gabinius and Antony. But that was the fault of the plain• speaking time in which he lived, rather than of the man; just as the occasional coarse, ness of Shakspere must be attributed to the age in which he was born, and not to his own gentle nature. How pleasant it is to hear him giving his friend Atticus 4 message from the little Tunis, or Tulliola as he often calls her—making use of the endearing diminutive so significant in the ancient Latin and modern Italian—to remind him of his promise to make her a present, and afterwards tolling him that:Tullia had brought an action against him for breach of contract ; or to find him speaking of his only son " the honey sweet Cicero," that " most aristocratic child," as ho playfully etyhs him, who was with his sister in his youth ful days the pride and delight of his life. We see him lounging on the shore at his villa near Antinm, and there penning a letter to confess that he is in no humour to work, and amuses himself w;th counting the waves as they roll _ - upon the beach. We would not willingly exchange that letter to Atticus, in which he says of himself that ha knows he has acted like a " genuine donkey" (me asinum ger• manum fuisse), for the stiffest and most elaborate of hia political epistles.--Torsyth'sldfe of Cicero. A STATUE TO BERNARD PALJSSY is proposed tO be erected at Salutes, his birthplace. A STATUE OF SIGNOR ROSSINI, by Signor Maro chetti, which has been presented to his native town of Pesaro by the Marquis of Salamanca and M. Delahante, will be shortly inaugurated there. BULWER'S " CAXTONIANA" form v01e.692 and 693 of the Tauchnitz Collection. MISS NIGHTINGALE still remains in town, with out any perceptible change in her health. A LIFE OF FLAXMAN, THE GREAT SCULPTOR. — Mr. G. F. Terriswood is engaged in collecting materials for a Life of Flaxman, the great sculptor. THE SCOTCH LUNACY CASE.—The case of Mr. Angus Macintosh, who brought an action a g ainst the proprietors of the Saug hton Hall Lunatic Asylum. near Edinburgh, for illegally detain i ng him there when ho was of sound mind, was brough t to a close on Friday last, We gavo the evidence of the alleged lunatic himself a few days ago. On Friday, the j ur y , after a char g e b y t he pre siding judge, returned a verdict , Ly a ma j or ity of nine to three, which it will be recollected is allowed in S co t c h causes, in favour of the keeper of the asylum. The counsel for Mr. Macintosh took exception to the principles of law laid down by the presiding judge. WEST-END TRADESMEN ANDWEST-END SERVANTS. —lt is the custom is many large \Vest-end houses to have a table laid out in some back room, covered with the delicacies of the season and with different wines, and here about midday the butler and gentleman's gentleman drop in and do justice to the excellent fare. In one large and well-known establishment a cask of wine is always on draught, and no upper servant ever delivers a message, or order there, without taking his glass or two as a matter of right. It is unnecessary to say that the cost ultimately comes out of the pockets of the masters.—Laudon Review.: before LoPrdAoMrPmEißda°leagta Edinburghin called TUE CASE.—This JudgeSE.— on Saturday. His lordship said as they were,ia the begin ning of a new class of Crown cases they would have to decide T o f his Exchequer vas a whether to follow the case of the Alexandra and take the whole case at once to a jury, leaving it open to parties to take objections to the information during the trial, or to follow the ordinary Scotch form of disposing of ali ques tions of relevancy before trial. The Lord Advocate said if the whole case went to trial the Crown would propose about the 10th of March, or, it' not then, in the first week of April. The case was adjourned till Tuesday to determine the form. - - Constantinople journals to the 4th have arrived. Letters s'ate that 100,000 men of the reserve have been called under arms, end the greater number of them will be sent on the Danube. For the first time, two Christians, one a Greek and the other an Armenian, have been named members of the Grand Council of Justice. A change of Ministers is spoken of. MILAN, Feb. 12.—The King wa s last night pre . - sent at the representation at t he Scala, where Majesty was received with l oud acclamat i ons. A grand dinner is to be giv en this evening at the Palace. t ool: fry dr eo joce!, ~aco r fr 0 tO °l' 10 54 _dg- So ase% fr° 9 irti6 1 9111 1451 ( , e) lai 11 :0 triP or 00g Do )0 8 0 0 1 0 01 PIP, A 491 i 109 poi 53 22 951 it